Amsterdamøya
Amsterdam Island is a small island off the northwest coast of West-Spitsbergen. It is separated from Danes Island by the strait Danskegattet. Its total area is 16.8 km2.Photo: Angrense, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Amster Eiland”, “Amsterdam Island”, “Amsterdamsche Eylandt”, “Eylandt Amsterdammer”, “Hackluyt-Insel”, “Hollander Island”, “Hollandts Eylandt”, “Ile d’Amsterdam”, “Ile de l’Hollandois”, “Mauritius Island”, and “New Amsterdam Island”
Amsterdamøya
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
79.75718° or 79° 45′ 26″ northLongitude
10.82703° or 10° 49′ 37″ eastElevation
320 metres (1,050 feet)Open location code
CFFGQR4G+VROpenStreetMap ID
way 27318603OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2732123Wikidata ID
Q478785
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Western Frisian—“Amsterdamøya” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Amsterdam adası”
- Catalan: “illa d’Àmsterdam”
- Catalan: “Illa d’Àmsterdam”
- Cebuano: “Amsterdamøya”
- Chuvash: “Амстердам (утрав, Шпицберген)”
- Chuvash: “Амстердам”
- Danish: “Amsterdamøen”
- Danish: “Amsterdamøya”
- Dutch: “Amsterdam (Spitsbergen)”
- Dutch: “Amsterdam-eiland”
- Dutch: “Amsterdam”
- Dutch: “Amsterdameiland”
- Dutch: “Amsterdamoya”
- Dutch: “Amsterdamøya”
- Dutch: “Eiland Amsterdam (Noorwegen)”
- Dutch: “Eiland Amsterdam (Spitsbergen)”
- Dutch: “Eiland Amsterdam, Spitsbergen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “امستيردامويا”
- Esperanto: “Amsterdaminsulo”
- French: “Amsterdam Island”
- French: “Amsterdamoya”
- French: “Amsterdamøya”
- German: “Amsterdamoya”
- German: “Amsterdamøya”
- Greek: “Άμστερνταμόγια”
- Greek: “Νήσος του Άμστερνταμ”
- Hungarian: “Amszterdam-sziget”
- Icelandic: “Amsterdam-Eyja (Svalbarði)”
- Icelandic: “Amsterdam-Eyja”
- Icelandic: “Amsterdameyja”
- Italian: “Amsterdamøya”
- Japanese: “アムステルダム島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amsterdamøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amsterdamøya”
- Norwegian: “Amsterdamøya”
- Polish: “Wyspa Amsterdam”
- Russian: “Амстердам (остров, Шпицберген)”
- Russian: “Амстердам”
- Slovenian: “Amsterdamøya”
- Swedish: “Amsterdamön, Svalbard”
- Swedish: “Amsterdamön”
- Swedish: “Amsterdamøya”
- Turkish: “Amsterdam Adası”
- Turkish: “Amsterdamøya”
- Western Frisian: “Amsterdam (Spitsbergen)”
- Western Frisian: “Amsterdam”
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